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'TO ,ALL WHOM IT MY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS PERKINS, of the city of Burlington, in thecounty of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, have invented a new andimproved Machine for the Purposes of Rolling Dough, Working Butter,"

and Chopping and Mangling Meats or Fruits, as also for crushing sugar,salt, crackers, Snc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. l

Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Tligure 2, the mangling-roller; and

Figure 3, the chopping-roller.

The nature of my improvement consists in making the rollers of metal,and of sutlicient weight to furnish all the vertical pressure required,thus obviating the necessity of any vertical pressure by the hands; therollers to he placed in proper arms, which areto have gauges ixedthereto, so that any substance can be rolled to any desired eventhickness. The said arms are made to work through a cross-head which issecured to a pair of standards so placed as to allow the rollers to playthrough them on the board or table. My improvement further consists inconstructing one of my metal rollers with a diamond-raised surface, forthe purpose of mangling meats; the said mangling rollers to be alsofitted with slots in either end, so as to receive a series of knives,all for the purpose of chopping meats, fruits, tito. The above manglingand chopping rollers to be both combined iu one, as above described, orentirely" separate.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement, Iwill proceed to describe its coustruction and operation. Y

I construct my frame, a a, into which'I securely fastenv my standards, bb, by mortise or otherwise. At the upper end of the standards b b I cutthe holes c e, for the purpose of receiving the cross-head d', thearbors of which are allowed free play through the holes c c. I nextconstruct the table and frame e e e, with one end, f,

so constructed as to lift out so as to allow the upper board or slab t9be taken out or placed at will, the Whole' table and frame e e e to beheld in place on the frame a a by means of strong cleats underneath thetable, so arranged as to prevent any movement of the table whateverwhile the rollers are in use. I now place my metallic dough-roller inthe arms ii; it being easily adjusted and held in place by means of theslide-piece J, which, in turn, is securely locked-by the screw lc. Thearms z'z' are allowed free play through the holes Z l, in the cross-headd, which holes also regulate the head of the arms and keep them directlyover the table e e. The roller h is adjusted (raised or lowered) to rollto any-desired thickness by the means of the gauges lml m on either arm,the gauges being held in position by the thumb-screwsn n; the gauges areallowed free play through the plates o o. When in operation the roller hdescends until the gauge-wheels P P strike the top or rim of the frameand table e e e, which insure an even thickness throughout the board ortable. All lateral motion of the roller L is prevented by the arms iz'going below the rim or frame of the table e e. The lower parts of thearms z'z' are Aheld together by the cross-arm S. This arm is also usedas the handle to move the rollers to and fro when in use. To adjust themachine for the purpose of mangling meats, I place the diamond-surfacemetallic roller Q, iig. 2, in the arms z' i, in the' same manner asprescribed for the roller L. To adjust for chopping meats, fruits, 85e.,I place the knife roller R, iig. 3, in the same manner. The rollers h Qand R to be yof metal, hollow or solid; the gauges m m, wheels PP,plates o o, as also all thumb and other screws, to be of iron or othermetal. All the rest of the machine, such as frame a a, standards b Z7,frame and table e e e, cross-head d, arms iz', cross-arm S, and table orframe eudf, to be constructed of wood.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The combination of the metallic rollers h, Q, or B1, the gauges tum, thearms z' z', as applied to above purpose; also the constructionof theentire machine, all as herein substantially described, and for thepurposes set forth.

esTAvUs PERKrNs.

Witnesses MASON J. FISHER, H. S. Looms.

